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2011 Gear Purchase Moratorium?
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Mar 10, 2011 at 12:03 am #1706854
just use what you have if its decently light and functional … all the gear in the world wont make you any better a person … an ounce here or there is meaningless unless youve lost that big belly anyways
now replacing a 5 lb pack with a 2 lb one is a different story ….
buy for use, not to satisfy some hidden mental need in yr psyche …
the best gear purchases are the ones you use to have fun …
Mar 10, 2011 at 8:00 am #1706925Agreed. Gear moratorium. Instead buying healthier foods. I'm working on decreasing my Skin-In weight.
Mar 10, 2011 at 10:34 am #1706990I go through spurts. I just had one last year and I updated many items. Between these "spurts" I often go years without updating anything that isn't broke.
Before I did my shopping trip last year I passed a guy on the trail who wanted to know how I liked my pack. I said I loved it but I couldn't remember the name of the company that made it nor the model (It is a ULA Catalyst). I also couldn't have told him the weight of most of the things in my pack. But…. during my shopping spree last year I itemized everything in my pack, researched the various options available and got all anal over it again.
Hopefully…. I'm good for another decade and I can forget the model & weight of everything in my pack again.
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